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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Wakefield, VA

June 24, 2016Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2016, 3:31 PM EDT for Wicomico County, Worcester County, Maryland. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2016, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wakefield, VA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Wicomico County, MD, Worcester County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

037 
WFUS51 KAKQ 241931
TORAKQ
MDC045-047-242000-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.160624T1931Z-160624T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
331 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  EAST CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
    
* AT 331 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR PARSONSBURG...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SALISBURY...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWARK AROUND 350 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
IRONSHIRE...WHITON...POWELLVILLE AND WILLARDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT
...7 5 7...8 9 9...2 4 1 5.
&&

LAT...LON 3832 7546 3839 7536 3832 7518 3821 7532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 319DEG 24KT 3834 7538 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

307 
WWUS51 KAKQ 241949
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
349 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

MDC045-241957-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160624T2000Z/
WICOMICO MD-
349 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WICOMICO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3821 7532 3829 7542 3829 7536 3832 7536
      3832 7534 3833 7533 3833 7532 3835 7531
      3837 7531 3832 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 319DEG 24KT 3826 7529 

$$

MDC047-242000-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160624T2000Z/
WORCESTER MD-
349 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WORCESTER COUNTY...
    
AT 347 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NEWARK...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: WHITON
AND IRONSHIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AT
...7 5 7...8 9 9...2 4 1 5.&&

LAT...LON 3821 7532 3829 7542 3829 7536 3832 7536
      3832 7534 3833 7533 3833 7532 3835 7531
      3837 7531 3832 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 319DEG 24KT 3826 7529 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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211 
WWUS51 KAKQ 242001
SVSAKQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
401 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

MDC047-242010-
/O.EXP.KAKQ.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160624T2000Z/
WORCESTER MD-
401 PM EDT FRI JUN 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3821 7532 3829 7542 3829 7536 3832 7536
      3832 7534 3833 7533 3833 7532 3835 7531
      3837 7531 3832 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 319DEG 24KT 3826 7529 

$$

MRD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico	30 min
Jun 24, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	45 min
Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	42 min
Jun 24, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Worcester	30 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.